Organic SILICON

In article <5jgoc5$a0f$1 at montespan.pasteur.fr>, jpg at pasteur.fr (Jean-Philippe GÉRARD) says:
>>I am trying to get informations about the implication of
>ORGANIC SILICON in general metabolism.
>>I've just read an article published in Nature (1997) about
>the cloning of a silicon transporter in C. fusiformis (alga).
Dear Jean-Phillipe
In June on a concress on plant biology I met a lady
who is dealing with the role organic silicon root development . She
talked a lot in general about organic silicon. Maybe You directly
contact her so she can help you further. Her coordinates:
Prof. Dr. Galina Telysheva
Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry
27 Dzerbes Str
Riga LV-1006
Latvian Republic
ligno at edzi.lza.lv
Cheers and good luck
Georg